It would be useful to emphasise that local workbench is not supported after v1.12.1

[stevenhayles]

The page does say "If you're using the SharePoint Framework v1.12.1 or earlier, for instance if you're on SharePoint Server on-premises, switch to your local workbench and add the HelloWorld web part." but that's easily overlooked and the embedded video and plenty of other web content still talks about the local workbench.

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• ID: 71e8ee66-fe7c-a46e-eeec-fb199962042c
• Version Independent ID: f78aef17-5aa2-8807-73d4-509faecbd153
• Content: Connect your client-side web part to SharePoint (Hello World part 2)
• Content Source: docs/spfx/web-parts/get-started/connect-to-sharepoint.md
• Product: sharepoint
• Technology: sharepoint-framework
• GitHub Login: @VesaJuvonen
• Microsoft Alias: vesaj

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[VesaJuvonen]

Thanks for flagging this - we are in progress of rerecording all videos - so update coming soon. Will keep this open until that happens.

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